Re: A question about Shaktism
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
If I may, here is one point of consideration...
To separate śiva from śakti is to separate heat from fire, wet from water, cool from snow. So, why would one consider śakti ? Vijñāna Bhairava tells us ( me ) succinctly:
… śaivī-mukhaṃ ichocyate || 20
śakti (which is śaivī) is the mouth (mukhaṃ) or entrance (ichocyate - it is explained , ucyate or explained)
This sūtra informs us śakti is the entrance, but to what? The 21st sūtra informs us completely.
yathālokena dīpasya kiraṇair-bhāskarasya ca|
jñāyate dig-vibhāgāadi tadvac chatyā śivaḥ priye||21
Just as parts of space are known by the light of a lamp
or the rays of the sun, in the same way O' Dear One
Śiva is known through Śakti.
praṇām
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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